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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: According to my Department's High Speed Broadband Map, available at www.broadband.gov.ie, the Minister’s constituent's premises is one which is indicated as having been passed by eir as part of its rural deployment of high speed broadband. According to roll-out information given by eir to my Department a high speed broadband connection should be available from eir to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: As the Deputy will be aware from my reply to his previous question, the two businesses in question are in the AMBER area according to my Department's High Speed Broadband Map, available at www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State led Intervention under the NBP and are the subject of an ongoing procurement process.  My Department received...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (27 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174, 176 and 178 together. My Department is continuing the work of developing a mechanism to provide a €75 support for persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence to help meet the average annual cost of disposing of medical incontinence products. This process has unfortunately taken longer than envisaged, due to data protection...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: Since February 2009 Electric Ireland had offered a feed-in-tariff on a commercial basis to domestic micro generators. They have extended the scheme payments on several occasions since then and last year they decided to continue payments up until the end of 2018.  No other electricity supplier has chosen to provide such a tariff, to either domestic or commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bituminous Fuel Ban (27 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The ban on the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous coal, or ‘the smoky coal ban’ as it is commonly known, was first introduced in Dublin in 1990, and subsequently extended to our major cities. Following a public consultation process, it was further extended in 2012, and now applies in 26 urban areas nationwide. The ban has proved very effective in reducing particulate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (27 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Energy Efficiency Directive sets out measures Member States must take for the EU to meet its 20% energy efficiency target by 2020.  Article 5 provides for the exemplary role of public bodies buildings and includes achieving an annual rate of energy efficient renovation for Government buildings of 3%.  The directive allows for this to be achieved either through...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Fuel Sales (27 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: Local Authorities are primarily responsible for the enforcement of legislation on solid fuel including the ‘smoky coal’ regulations within their functional areas.  The powers that Local Authorities have in this area are extensive. For example: - Local Authority staff may undertake inspections of premises and vehicles being used for the sale and distribution of solid...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Internet Safety (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Action Plan for Online Safety, published by Government on 11 July 2018 reaffirms the principle that Ministerial responsibility for policy in relation to online matters is delineated on the basis that, if a Minister is responsible for a policy matter offline, they are responsible for that policy matter - and any aspects of its implementation - online as well. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 215 together. National waste policy is predicated on and consistent with European Union waste policy, which has the waste hierarchy as its cornerstone. Under the waste hierarchy, the prevention, preparation for reuse, recycling and recovery of waste is preferred to the disposal or landfill of waste. Every effort is made to ensure that waste which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: In accordance with the Waste Framework Directive the recovery of waste packaging includes a variety of waste processing operations including:- Recycling - Incineration - Solid Recovered Fuel (which replaces fossil fuels in cement kilns) However, only materials recycled and not recovered can be counted as recycled either in Ireland or abroad. The EU Packaging Directive sets targets for all...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 218 together. I have been advised by my Department that the Bidding Consortium in the National Broadband procurement process is led by Granahan McCourt and that the bidder has nominated a number of key subcontractors including enet, Nokia, Actavo, the Kelly Group and KN Group to assist in the delivery of the National Broadband Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services Data (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: Action 31 of the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce Implementation Review 2017, which Minister Kyne and I published on 21 February 2018, commits ComReg to developing and subsequently publishing on its consumer website a composite national coverage map, which will enable consumers across Ireland to make better informed decisions when choosing telecommunications service providers. I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The premises of the school referred to by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. The school is therefore included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP).My Department is in a formal procurement process to select a company who will roll out a new high speed broadband...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: Each local authority has discretion to draw up its own bye-laws on waste presentation in accordance with: the Local Government Act, 2001 (legislation which is under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government); Section 35 of the Waste Management Act, 1996 and Section 21 of the Litter Pollution Act, 1997 (if necessary). The power to adopt such by-laws is a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: My Department is continuing the work of developing a mechanism to provide a €75 support for persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence to help meet the average annual cost of disposing of medical incontinence products. This process has unfortunately taken longer than envisaged, due to data protection issues that have arisen since the introduction of GDPR. However, I can...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I refer to the reply to Question No 618 of 18 September 2018, which details the position in relation to the National Broadband Plan. By way of update, my Department is now evaluating the Final Tender submission received from the bidding consortium on 18 September 2018. This is a significant milestone as the National Broadband Plan procurement process enters its final stage.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The premises referred to by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie,and is therefore included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). My Department is in a formal procurement process to select a company who will roll out a new high speed broadband network in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bioenergy Strategy Publication (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Draft Bioenergy Plan established the policy context for the development of Ireland’s bioenergy sector and set out actions to be undertaken to further the demand for and supply of bioenergy in Ireland. Significant progress has been made in the implementation of these actions including: - the approval by Government of the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat, the opening for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The premises referred to by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at and is therefore included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). My Department is in a formal procurement process to select a company who will roll out a new high speed broadband network in the State intervention area,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 405 together. The EU Energy Efficiency Directive sets out measures Member States must take for the EU to meet its target of improving energy efficiency by 20% by 2020. Article 5 of the Directive provides for the exemplary role of public bodies buildings and includes achieving an annual rate of energy efficient renovation for Government buildings...